To be honest, it's not worth it with an attitude like that!
Outside of the biggest sports that draw millions in paying audiences, if you are going to pursue your hobby and passion as a career you have to have something of a small business owner's mindset, and be relentlessly optimistic.
Gormally is probably somewhere in strength between say Hansen and Shahade and Bartholomew and Sielecki, but I pretty much would never want to listen to that guy on a youtube much less donate to his channel. (I made the mistake of watching a youtube of his once and it was simply awful).
His personality and mindset comes off as bitter, and not even in a sympathetic way (remind you this is the guy who got roughed up by Vaz Akobian and other Armenians and might have taken a more severe beating if not for Yasser at the Olympiad after he creeped on what is now Aronian's spouse.)
GM Bryan Smith wrote a series of articles on chess.com about the struggles of being a low level GM and trying to live on playing, but he does it in a way that still shows respect for the game and recognition of what he got out of mastery.
Bryan would be an interesting guy to have a beer with, or someone I'd be happy to hear explain a recently played high level game in spite of similar struggles. Danny is someone I think most people would just not pay to sponsor in any way.
As a comparison, in an even more niche sport, ultimate Frisbee, there are maybe 200-300 people who make a living wage off of ultimate Frisbee activities total, an even smaller amount than chess.
The wealthiest of these is more of a social media star, doing trick shot youtube videos, building a huge social media presence (Amazing Race, espn appearances), and flies all over the world to do clinics and just basically be this outgoing "bro" personality.
His playing strength would be something like 2550-2600 maybe (a very good player but not one of the 10 best in the world), but he clears something like 60-70 grand a year from all of his other stuff. His "pro" team pays a per diem, expenses and maybe a small stipend and is a small piece of his income. His club team pays 0 but may have sponsors to cover expenses.
The best player in the world has his "pro" team's owner pay for him to work at the owner's real company, in something of a cushy job.
But most players, even the top ones, make next to nothing from playing.
If someone tries to make a living it's from being a tournament organizer, or director of one of the local leagues or working at the national organization.
There are a number of merchandise vendors and apparel companies as well.
But playing? your odds are low.
But if you love the game and want to be around it, you can use your strength as a marketing tool.
Someone like Hansen or Barthol